2013 Love is in the Air (February 10 - February 23) Guide

Ah, love is in the air in the World of Warcraft: sweet flowers, perfume, and sharing gifts with loved ones! But, what's this? A sinister plot is afoot involving some shady goblin newcomers to the seasonal market--the Crown Chemical Company! It's up to us to help save Azeroth from their chemically altered goods all while spreading love and appreciation to our faction leaders and fellow players!

Love is in the Air starts on February 10 at 12:01 AM and ends on February 23 at 11:59 PM. This holiday can be celebrated by the Horde in Orgrimmar and the Alliance in Stormwind City. Seasonal decorations such as wreaths, candles and ribbons can be found in all major cities and at most zone inns. Players will also find Lovely Merchants, who sell seasonal gifts and goodies.

Quests

As many of you may remember, the Love is in the Air event was completely redone in 2010, and there are now quests (including daily quests) players can complete to obtain Love Token used to purchase holiday items. Unfortunately as far as 2013 goes, there is nothing new for the questlines.

Main Questline

A main questline of the Love is in the Air event involves the Steamwheedle Cartel and this strange company known as the Crown Chemical Company. The Steamwheedle Cartel suspects there's something shady about these goblin newcomers, and investigators have been hired to get to the bottom of things. The final quest of this chain leads directly into the quest unlocking the daily quest to fight Apothecary Hummel.

Pilfering Perfume or Pilfering PerfumeStart & End:Detective Snap Snagglebolt or Inspector Snip SnaggleboltFor this quest, the goblins will have you disguise yourself as a package runner for the Crown Chemical Co., and you must head outside either Orgrimmar or Stormwind City where you'll find a stockpile of the Company's goods. Quickly run by it to have the Crown Chemical Co. Supplies handed off to you before they notice you aren't really on their side, and bring it back to the investigator. For Horde players, the parcels can be found to the left outside of Orgrimmar tucked away in a corner near the city wall. It's best to go find the parcel camps first before accepting the quest as the goblin disguise has only a 2 minute duration during which you are stuck sprinting on foot.

A Friendly Chat... or A Friendly Chat...Start:Roka or Marion SuttonEnd:Snivel RustrocketAfter no luck finding the goblin on any of his errands, the ladies suspect that he's now on his way out for a nice escape to the South Seas--you've got to stop him! Horde players must head out to the East zeppelin tower (the one that leads to Eastern Kingdoms) and Alliance players to the Stormwind Harbor in attempt to stop Snivel and get some information before he's gone for good. Simply talk to him and you'll get Snivel's Ledger. Bring this Ledger back to Snip or Snap and this chain leads into Man on the Inside or Man on the Inside, and the inevitable defeat of Apothecary Hummel, the seasonal event boss.

Random Daily Quests

The Crown Chemical Company would like for you to share their new products with the denizens of Azeroth to help establish their role as a new provider of quality holiday goods. One of these daily quests will be randomly available each day of the event. Those hearts you're seeing everywhere are the result of players who have sampled one of the Chemical Company's products--therefore, any quest item used on a player with a heart (and Sample Satisfaction debuff) will not grant quest credit.

Daily: Crushing the Crown

The Steamwheedle Cartel need all the help they can get in eradicating the Crown Chemical Co. and their sinister plot. Players level 5 and higher can obtain a daily quest pitting them against mobs their level. The quest you get is dependent on your current level, and your faction. For this daily, you must kill five of the Crown NPCs in the designated zone and use Snagglebolt's Khorium Bomb to destroy a nearby chemical wagon.

Daily: Gifts to Faction Leaders

In 2012, the complicated Gift Collections being gathered and presented to the respective faction leaders received a complete overhaul. Players will instead be asked to create and turn in Lovely Charm Bracelets. These bracelets can be created by obtaining a Lovely Charm Collector's Kit, which you can get from Kwee Q. Peddlefeet located near the Crown Chemical Co.'s camp, found outside of auction houses in each of the major cities.

Once you have obtained this item, you will then be able to gather Lovely Charms from "worthwhile enemies"--any enemy you kill that is "honorable" (green or higher difficulty) has a chance to create a Lovely Charm. At this time, you must land the killing blow on the enemy in order to gain a charm. Combining 10 Lovely Charms will create a single Lovely Charm Bracelet, which, upon accepting a daily quest, can be turned in to the faction leader of your choice. You can turn in each of the four faction leader daily quests once per day.

Boss: Apothecary Hummel

Once again, players will be able to access the event-only boss located in Shadowfang Keep--Apothecary Hummel!

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Players can queue up for the encounter by speaking to Steamwheedle Shyster, located in Stormwind City or in Orgrimmar.

As usual for this holiday, players will be able to engage in a 5-man fight for the safety of Azeroth from this conniving trio of chemists! There are now ilvl 480 necks as rewards, as well as tons of rare goodies such as the elusive Big Love Rocket!

Apothecary Frye - Runs around throwing bottles of perfume and cologne on the ground, creating dangerous clouds where they land. He drops threat and basically just runs around wreaking havoc.

The fight is relatively simple and can be completed by a group with as few as two well-geared players. Simply have one person in your party "tank" Apothecary Hummel, applying Perfume Neutralizer to nullify the damage of his attacks and another player tank Apothecary Baxter, using the Cologne Neutralizer. Frye cannot be tanked and will spend the entire fight throwing cologne/perfume bottles and switching aggro. None of the apothecaries deal significant melee damage, and could probably be "tanked" by any class provided they're wearing the appropriate scent. They can also be stunned, so a rogue can probably keep the more annoying Apothecary Frye stunlocked.

The other three players in your party can apply whichever scent they'd like, just being cautious to avoid opposite-colored clouds on the ground (they're actually somewhat difficult to see, and cause ridiculous damage if you stand in them). Players should also try to stay away from the opposite-colored boss, as Apothecary Hummel and Apothecary Baxter have a melee-range aura that can cause serious damage if you're in range too long. Also, "tanks" should face their apothecaries away from the rest of the group to avoid spraying them. If your poison or cologne buff runs out mid-fight simply use the item again to reapply the buff.

Throughout the fight, both Apothecary Hummel and Apothecary Baxter will start working at small alchemy labs they pull out of who knows where, eventually causing a Chain Reaction which will hit anyone in the area. Also, Crazed Apothecary will spawn endlessly, running wildly for a few seconds before exploding in a Unstable Reaction dealing around damage to anybody nearby. These adds die upon exploding and cannot be tanked or controlled, so you'll probably end up getting hit a few times.

Kill all three of the apothecaries (in any order), and the loot can be found on the body of Apothecary Hummel.

The first time you defeat Apothecary Hummel, you will receive a Heart-Shaped Box that contains the boss' "fun" items. This could include a fancy rose for your character's hair, a gas mask, a non-combat oozeling companion, or an item so powerful it can break your heart! You can get more than one of these items per box, but you can only get one box per character per day. You'll also receive 5-10 Love Tokens--new to 2012, and 25 Valor Points, new to 2013.

Seasonal Goodies

Most of the items required for seasonal achievements can be purchased from seasonal vendors, using Love Token. This currency can be acquired through completion of Love is in the Air daily quests.

Be sure to do your dailies this year if you're a collector! Swift Lovebird costs tons of tokens. So save up and buy your bird before love is no longer in the air. Players have reported that if you're on the Darkmoon quest Test Your Strength, you might not be able to collect the Lovely Charm concurrently. As of 2013, farming the Hoppers after the first boss in Normal-Mode Stormstout Brewery seems to be the place to go if you're level 90.

Achievements

With each event comes seasonal achievements! For Love in the Air, there are 12 different challenges for players and a player title granted to those who can achieve them all--the Love Fool! Thankfully, many of these achievements are easy to get!

CharmingCreate 12 Lovely Charm Bracelets.For this achievement, you must create a total of 12 Lovely Charm Bracelet, which are created by combining 10 Lovely Charms each. In order to acquire these charms, you must obtain a Lovely Charm Collector's Kit from Kwee Q. Peddlefeet located at the Crown Chemical Co.'s camps found outside of major city auction houses.

Dangerous LoveAssist the Steamwheedle Cartel in stopping the sinister Crown Chemical Co. plot.For this achievement, you must complete one of the Crushing the Crown daily quests offered by Detective Snap Snagglebolt in Orgrimmar or Inspector Snip Snagglebolt in Stormwind. There is a specific daily quest available to characters of every level range, with the lowest level quest being made available to players at least level 5 and the highest to players level 81 or above. This quest simply requires you to destroy a chemical wagon and kill five Crown Chemical Co. baddies found around it.

Flirt With Disaster or Flirt With DisasterGet completely smashed, put on your best perfume, throw a handful of rose petals on Jeremiah Payson or Sraaz and then kiss him. You'll regret it in the morning.To complete this achievement, Horde players must get completely smashed, use one of the seasonal perfumes, throw a Handful of Rose Petals on Jeremiah Payson and the /kiss him. Alliance players must get completely smashed, use one of the seasonal perfumes, throw a Handful of Rose Petals on Sraaz and then /kiss him. Obviously the best way to get completely smashed would be through massive consumption of Strong Alcohol, but enough of any alcoholic beverage will do the trick. Simply drink to your heart's content until you receive the message that your character is smashed, and you're set! Handful of Rose Petals and your choice of a perfume can be purchased from a Lovely Merchant.

Lonely?Enjoy a Buttermilk Delight with someone in Dalaran at a Romantic Picnic during the Love is in the Air celebration.For this achievement, you can either join someone in Dalaran who has used their Romantic Picnic Basket, or you can use your own and have someone else join you. Once you have used the Romantic Picnic and acquired the buff, you must then eat a Buttermilk Delight candy, which can be obtained from a Box of Chocolates.

Nation of Adoration or Nation of AdorationComplete the Lovely Charm Bracelet daily quest for each Horde or Alliance capital.For this achievement, you must complete each of the different 'A Gift for the...' quests available to your faction. To do this, you must obtain a Lovely Charm Collector's Kit, collect a total of 40 Lovely Charms and create 4 Lovely Charm Bracelets, one for each of your faction's leaders. This shouldn't be a problem, as you will already want to be creating the Lovely Charm Bracelets for Charming and will want to complete these dailies to earn enough Love Token to purchase necessary event items!

Big Love RocketObtain the Big Love Rocket from Apothecary Hummel in Shadowfang Keep during Love is in the Air.This is not an achievement, but a Feat of Strength awarded for obtaining the extremely rare Big Love Rocket, dropped by the event-only boss Apothecary Hummel in Shadowfang Keep. Spawning him will require completion of a daily quest, limiting attempts to get this awesome ride, so good luck!

Comments

Comment by BlackKnightOfH8

Comment by ZJPV1

At present, it still says it starts on the 5th and ends on the 19th ;)

excited to see what changes (if any) were made last year. I had switched to TOR during it's launch and missed my week of chances at the mount.

Comment by DanJack

on 2013-02-09T15:40:25-06:00

Who did the art on this page? I love the letters!

Comment by Adamsm

on 2013-02-09T15:41:31-06:00

Oh boy, Love Rocket farming time lol.

Comment by perculia

on 2013-02-09T15:44:02-06:00

Refresh and try now for the dates :)

The changes are ilvl 480 necks and the vanity pets now having cute battle pet abilities. We'll update when this holiday goes live in the US (or we get some EU tips today) on new Lovely Charm farming locations.

There were pretty big changes last year--new way of collecting love tokens, and a new mount.

Comment by rnbw

on 2013-02-09T15:55:48-06:00

I just want to say I *love* the lay-out of this article. The big, stylized letters are simply AMAZING and the little sparkly lines with the heart SO cute. Very good job to those who made them!

Comment by DarkOcron

on 2013-02-09T16:22:17-06:00

Anyway we can confirm if you have to max level to the do dungeon daily?

Comment by Adamsm

on 2013-02-09T16:25:25-06:00

Anyway we can confirm if you have to max level to the do dungeon daily?

Same as every other Holiday boss; 1-2 levels below current expansion cap.

Comment by alewis21

on 2013-02-09T16:41:35-06:00

Time to grind ton of charms and earn several hundred k again :) THE best event in a year for some extreme goldmaking :)

Comment by perculia

on 2013-02-09T16:52:08-06:00

Requires level 89 I believe.

Comment by leobolin

on 2013-02-09T17:10:29-06:00

You can actually disenchant the necks at the moment. Wonder if this will be fixed.

Comment by Gontier

on 2013-02-09T17:34:39-06:00

You can actually disenchant the necks at the moment. Wonder if this will be fixed.

I noticed this as well.

Comment by Excelion

on 2013-02-09T17:41:18-06:00

Last year players were multiboxing many instances of Throne of Tides for lots of birds, making them pretty cheap. Wonder if that slime hallway still works.

Comment by SteveZombie

on 2013-02-09T18:43:39-06:00

It does not. At 90, level 80 isn't high enough for charms to drop off mobs.

Comment by Ruiru

on 2013-02-09T19:11:10-06:00

Doesn't seem to have level 90 version of "Crushing the Crown" quest. :(

Comment by evreka

on 2013-02-09T19:11:17-06:00

Heroic Throne of Tides could work though.

Comment by Alfa

on 2013-02-09T20:13:49-06:00

Heroic Throne of Tides could work though.

I think it will, 85 are heroic slimes but 3x the health

Comment by perculia

on 2013-02-09T22:24:46-06:00

Have updated the guide with the suggestion that farming Hoppers after the first boss in Normal-Mode Stormstout Brewery may be the efficient way to go for charms.

Comment by m0f0

on 2013-02-10T00:01:37-06:00

Heroic Throne of Tides could work though.

I think it will, 85 are heroic slimes but 3x the health

It does work, and the slimes have like 9k health, they just roll over and die. Haven't tried Stormstout though so dunno how it compares to that.